Successful Spawning

[karigupi]

I had planned to have another try at breeding Betta, but hadnt planned to get started so soon. But after conditioning for 1wk(I normally prefer 2 at least) one of my females was very heavy with eggs & displaying breeding bars & looking a little distressed.

So on Friday I set up my betta breeding tank, put Moonlight in the large section & little Rosie in the smaller section & left them there for 24hrs, the next morning, Moonlight had made a very impressive bubblenest under an almond leaf. So I released Rosie & within an hour they were wrapping.

The first few times didnt go too well, all the eggs fell to the floor & were hoovered up by Rosie, but then they got the hang of it & lots were placed in the nest by dad.

I noticed our first wigglers at lunch time today & now there are loads, poor dad was pretty patient to start with, catching the fry as they fell & putting them back in the nest, but he is getting a little grumpy at the ones which like to swim off a bit

Here's the proud dad showing off his nest:

& here are some of the wigglers:

 

[Curiosity101]

Congrats! He's lovely.

No pics of mum?

 

[karigupi]

Congrats! He's lovely.

No pics of mum?

Thank you, I will get one of mum tomorrow, she is in a tank upstairs having a well earned rest at the moment & the kids are asleep, so I cant go up.

 

[shelaghfishface]

congratulations Kari
shelagh xxx

 

[Haych]

oh wow congrats!

 

[deeps]

Thts great.... Congrats...!!!

 

[betta fish]

Beautiful marble you have there, looks identical to my boy Alice, where did you get him from? I take it he's a halfmoon too?

 

[karigupi]

Thanks everyone, they are doing well this morning, lots more wrigglers & some of the bigger ones keep nipping off for a quick swim.

Here is a pic from this morning, you can make out some of their beedy little eyes lol.

 

[Haych]

ha! i dunno what i'm looking at..

are those tails?

 

[karigupi]

lol, yes they are the little tails hanging down from the bubblenest, here's a bit clearer picture:

There are soooooo many in there

 

[OldMan47]

Congrats KariGupi.
Have you got your plans made and your jars set up for when they start to sex out? You still have 3 or 4 weeks to make that happen.

 

[karigupi]

Congrats KariGupi.
Have you got your plans made and your jars set up for when they start to sex out? You still have 3 or 4 weeks to make that happen.

Thank you, yes I'm all organised, just need to silicone in place, I am using a different system instead of jars, I have some of those big long plastic storage containers & tons of plastic canvas & wire thread, it will allow me to heat & filter for upto about 40 males without worrying about lots of seperate jars & water changes

 

[Haych]

wow!

does the dad still look after thr fry too then?

 

[karigupi]

Thanks Haych, dad's job is done now, I removed him yesterday morning, once the fry are free swimming the males will often see them as food.

Babies are doing brilliantly, I've just finished a water change, which was a challenge lol, after syphoning out the water, I checked the bucket for sucked up fry. An hour later all the fry are back in the tank, I lost count at 140

Thank goodness for the trusty turkey baster!

They are all really healthy & feeding well, this morning they have had their golden pearl crumb which they love, lunch will be microworms.

 

[Haych]

wow 140!

so did you syphon up 140? so there is more?